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You are allowed to delete your comments for a short time, as long as no comments are posted in response. I'm not sure what happens with down votes on a deleted

• philipkglass 9mo ago
  Downvotes on a comment have already affected your total karma score. Deleting the comment doesn't undo the karma loss. However, you have a chance to avoid further karma loss if you decide to delete the comment shortly after it starts getting negative reactions. (I have done this when I realized that my comment was getting downvoted for snark.)
  • chasil 9mo ago
    I have deleted in the past, and saw my score immediately jump, but perhaps I was being upvoted elsewhere. Or maybe it was the tooth fairy. No idea.